logic A procedure which combines known facts to produce (“infer”) new facts. For example, given that 1. Socrates is a man and that 2. all men are motal, we can infer that Socrates is mortal. This uses the rule known as “modus ponens” which can be written in Boolean algebra as (A & A => […]

/ˈɪnfərənsɪŋ/ noun 1. (psycholinguistics) the practice of inferring the meaning of an unfamiliar word or expression from the meaning of familiar words occurring with it in a context together with one’s knowledge of or beliefs about the world

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